Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 36

Application for and issue of international driving permits

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PART V

INTERNATIONAL DRIVING PERMITS

(1) Any person who wishes to obtain an international driving permit under the
1926 Convention, or the 1949 Convention, shall deliver to the Commissioner an
application therefor in a form specified by the Commissioner, signed by the
applicant, together with-

   (a)  2 photographs of himself,

   (b)  his identity document; and

   (c)  a full driving licence held by him. (L.N. 259 of 1984)

(2) On receipt of an application under paragraph (1) and of the fee prescribed
in the Second Schedule, the Commissioner on being satisfied that the
applicant-

   (a)  is competent to drive a motor vehicle of the class specified in the
        application;

   (b)  is resident in Hong Kong; and

   (c)  has attained the age of 18 years or, in the case of an application for
        an international driving permit in respect of the driving of a goods
        vehicle or a bus, has attained the age of 21 years, may issue for use
        outside Hong Kong an international driving permit in each or either of
        Form 1 and 2 in the Ninth Schedule.